PLANT CLOSINGS

Burroughs Corp. said it will shut down its Orlando-based Financial Systems Group and a factory in Coral Springs by Oct. 31. The Detroit-based company said 750 employees will be affected by the closing, including 150 in Orlando. The computer company is consolidating its operations by closing its smaller Florida plants and moving the work to larger plants in Michigan and Scotland. Burroughs also will sell 128 acres in Orlando that it bought in 1980 with the intention of building a 158,000-square-foot factory. Schedule: The first phase of layoffs will begin in mid-July, and the shutdown will be complete by Oct. 31.